Gray Treefrog

Gray treefrogs are Missouri's most common species of treefrog. Their color may be gray, greenish-gray or brown. Bright green specimens are often seen. There is always a large, white marking below each eye. The inside of each hind leg is washed with yellow-orange. Large, adhesive toe pads are present on fingersand toes, two species of gray treefrogs occur in Missouri: Cope's gray treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis, and the eastern gray treefrog, H. Versicolor. These two species are nearly identical in appearance and are best separated by their calls. Cope's gray treefrog sounds like a buzzer, while the eastern gray treefrog has a birdlike, musical trill. These forest-dwelling species breed in late may and early june in fishless woodland ponds. Gray treefrogs average from 1 1/4 to 2 inches (32 to 51 mm) in body length.

http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/herpetol/frog/

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• treefrog
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[MrFuriousfunsize]

do both male and female call?

[ancientsgate]

I have one of these stranded inside one of my central A/C ventilation ducts at the moment-- his little trill echoes inside my living room, and it's very weird. Can't see him, but I hear him a few times a day. A/C guy is coming tomorrow to see if he can find where Mr. Froggie came in and hopefully push him back out into the yard! They're cute in the trees, but I don't want them in the house.

[ScreamFan390]

how come it says these guys are in PA and i can never find one even at night

[mikumikuvocaloid2]

@kudosdc

yep, I caught one and it changed color over the course of a couple hours. left it in the tank for awhile, started off brown, but when I came back it was light gray! I was really surprised :)

don't worry, I let him go after a little while ^^

[bonerears]

are these realy in illinois like the illinois with chicago i thot treefrogs were only in warm tropical places

[TheBooglinator]

I have one of these little guys. But he hasn't chirped in years. I can't remember if his call was more shrill or more warbly. Oh well. :P

[kudosdc]

The spring peepers began calling yesterday - seems very early this year. The grey treefrogs won't be out for at least a month but I've copied this video to have on hand to strike up a conversation with them. It us quite amazing how easy it is to entice them to sing with an iPhone or a trill of the tongue. I saw some comments regarding their variation in color - in fact individual frogs can change rather quickly between the green and grey colorations.

[ThatAnimalGuy]

@puppyyyoshi They're different speices, the shorter call is the copes gray treefrog and the longer laughing one is an eastern gray treefrog.

[ocarinalover1348]

my tree frog would do this whenever my doorbell rang

[xDimHalo]

My tree frog started singing when it heard this:)